Inspector Bruce Horne.
More police staff in Rotorua's CBD are helping deal with the problem of unruly teens, according to the local area commander.
Inspector Bruce Horne said police had been concerned for some time about the behaviour of teens throughout the city.
"We are concerned about the lack of supervision for these
young people, in some cases we are picking up children as young as 8 in the CBD late at night. We are working with these families. There are some challenges around that - we have increased staff in the CBD and that tactic seems to be working."
He said the April school holidays were normally pretty good but they still needed the extra staff.
"Unfortunately school holidays produce young people with time and opportunity to commit crime and get themselves into trouble."
